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[my Mother] Is The Greatest Hero I'll Ever Know Because She Kept Us All Together, She Made Sure We All Graduated College. She Always Believed In Us No Matter What We Do. My Older Brother Joel Became An Art Teacher; My Brother Rip Ultimately Became A Television Producer And Singer And Actor Himself.

When We Had The Girls, My Daughter Jenny Gave Us Like A Bible From My Daughter Of, "don't Feed Them This; Don't Feed Them That, If She Says This, Don't Say That," It Was Crazy!

Well, The Way Things Are Going, Aside From Wheat And Auto Parts, America's Biggest Export Is Now The Oscar.

Dad Had A Music Store, And He'd Often Bring Home Comedy Albums That I Would Listen To. I Started Listening To Bob Newhart And Bill Cosby, And Developing Taste. They Really Influenced My Style Of Comedy.

At Some Point I Stopped Stand-up Because I Didn't Have Something To Say On A Nightly Basis.